Word: indirectness
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...portray realistically. At the trial before the Sanhedrin, the High Priest Caiaphas asks Jesus if he is indeed "the Messiah, the Son of the Living God." Jesus replies flatly, "I am," an act of blasphemy that leads directly to his execution. Zeffirelli could have used Christ's indirect answer in Matthew and Luke: "You have said so," but he preferred the direct statement from Mark...
...indirect acknowledgment that NBC has practiced sex discrimination, some $1.6 million in raises and back pay will go to former and present employees The rest of the money will go for legal fees and a staff to monitor compliance with the settlement. NBC also agreed to move women into 15% ol its high-level jobs...
...Gandhi angrily struck back at her erstwhile Communist friends. In a speech delivered before a cheering audience of senior Congress Party leaders in New Delhi, she denounced the C.P.I, and called its assault on Sanjay an indirect attack on her ("He is small fry"). The Communists, she declared, "say they support me, but there can be no greater insult than to say that I could be influenced by reactionaries or by anyone else." Mrs. Gandhi's "exposure" of the Communists evoked a chorus of support from other Congress members, who accused the Communists of "betrayal of the people...
...indirect answers suggest not. When taking up these works, he treats O'Hara and Quinlan like any other "types." "In Touch of Evil, I was all on the side of Charlton Heston," he says. (Heston plays the Mexican sleuth who gets the goods on Quinlan). Besides, he adds, "I'm someone who likes to look...
...University's commitment to AA. Although the TFAA has repeatedly requested participation in the selection process of a new officer, Bok has merely conceded to accept "advice." Moreover, a member of the search board, Phyllis Keller, has already publicly tried to rationalize the University's inaction in indirect response to the TFAA report to OCR last spring (Harvard Gazette, May 21, 1976). The TFAA questions the sincerity of these search board members in support of a strong AA program and their commitment to minorities and women. Federal AA guidelines strongly recommend that minorities and women (the "affected" classes) have input...